Accelerator Fundamentals course

Sponsoring University:

Stanford University

Course:

Accelerator Fundamentals (undergraduate level)

Instructors:

Helmut Wiedemann and Chitrlada Settakorn, Stanford University

This course is intended to give an introduction to accelerators with emphasis on
principles and techniques of beams. It concentrates on the basics and techniques
involved in handling and observing particle beams. After a short introduction into
particle beam behavior we will discuss magnet design and technology, beam lifetime and
UHV technologies, injectors and storage ring beam accumulation and beam observation and
orbit correction. A basic overview of synchrotron radiation is followed by a discussion
of insertion devices like wigglers and undulators and the principles of a free electron
laser. Hands-on experience with a linear accelerator, magnetic measurements, beam
observation and measurement, generation of coherent radiation and sub-picosecond bunch
length measurements as time permits. Prerequisites: college physics
and some electronics.